Treasury Dept. Labels Iranian Oil Company an 'Affiliate' of Military

The Obama Administration is already announcing new sanctions against Iran roughly twice a month, and while it seems unclear how much more they can even theoretically do its clear they’ve set the table to continue.

Today, the Treasury Department announced that they now consider the National Iranian Oil Company, one of the largest oil exporters on the planet, to be a “affiliate” of the Iranian military, allowing yet more sanctions against banks that have anything to do with Iranian oil.

The Treasury Department statement claims that the military is “coordinating a campaign to sell Iranian oil” worldwide while avoiding US snactions and that they have more influence in the company as a result.

Absent from this is the obvious conclusion that sanctions against Iran’s oil exports, in addition to raising oil costs worldwide, have also given the military even more power, allowing them to push their way into the once powerful oil company in a time of weakness.

Officials say that the potential new sanctions won’t apply to nations which have been granted “exceptions,” which includes South Korea, Japan and the European Union.

They have no right to do this. This is war in itself, along with the sabotage, assassinations, special ops, cyber assaults etc. We are making war on the people and government of Iran right now.

MoT

Well,hell…!!! An "affiliate" you say? By that reckoning anyone living in Iran is an affiliate either directly or indirectly. I could also say the White House is an affiliate of terror by giving sanction to other terrorist organizations. Sauce for the goose, no?

Neil

The criminal pandering by the US government to the Zionist state will not be tolerated by the BRICS nations, or the non-alignment countries. The US is putting the dollar in greater danger with these terrorist sanctions. One must hope that a form of blowback is coming in response to this utter nonsense from the US.

David762

The Obama regime, and I use that particular term deliberately, continues to wage war against Iran, now going on for 30 years. Embargoes and sanctions are deliberate acts of war under international law. So is the funding, training, and equipping of terrorists intended to infiltrate another country for the express purpose of committing murder and economic destruction, which the USA Congress overtly and knowingly did when they earmarked $900 Million for such efforts in 2009.
Imagine a world power designating the USA military as a terrorist organization. That is exactly what the Obama regime did the the Iranian military known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Now, the very same internationally recognized terrorist group known as MEK that were directly responsible for the Embassy raid & hostage-taking in 1979 have now been delisted as terrorists by the Obama regime so that they can be overtly funded, trained, and equipped and turned against the Iranian government and people.

The obvious intent is to drive the Iranians to be the first to militarily attack Israel, NATO, or the USA as justification for a new declared war. As I recall, the last time that the USA used embargoes and sanctions to provoke a declared war was during the FDR regime against Japan, which culminated in WW2. Whatever happened to the rule of law, and especially the War Powers Act? Are all our political leaders insane warmongers? Apparently, YES.